VISIONARY FILMMAKER JESÚS ORELLANA TO DEBUT NEW SCI-FI SERIES JUVENILE AT IMAGE COMICS THIS DECEMBER

PORTLAND, Ore. 09/24/2024 — Visionary filmmaker Jesús Orellana (Rosa) will make his comics debut with the launch of the forthcoming science fiction story, Juvenile. This five-issue miniseries is set to launch in December from Image Comics.

In a future where a deadly virus kills everyone upon reaching adulthood, teenagers are confined to massive medical facilities—until a mysterious new patient arrives and reveals a shocking secret!

Sara is locked up in El Castillo, a fortress for troubled youth ruled with an iron fist by a retired military officer.

Everything changes with the arrival of a mysterious new patient who reveals a shocking secret: the virus isn’t killing them; it is giving them telekinetic abilities that the adults are desperately trying to suppress with medication and experimental surgeries.

In a race against time, they decide to use their newfound powers to escape. But when the adults find out, they will discover that not only are their lives at stake, but also the fate of the human race.

“Although I started in comics, my love for film pushed me to single-handedly create Rosa, a sci-fi animated short that quickly caught Hollywood’s attention. It led me to develop a live-action feature with Fox, but when that project collapsed under the weight of its massive, epic scale, I knew I had to take a different approach. I still wanted the same thrilling end-of-the-world stakes, but with a tighter, more contained focus: a single location and a small cast of characters. That’s how Juvenile was born,” said Orellana. For me as a creator, comics and film are two sides of the same coin, so it was only natural to return to the medium where I started with this project. Juvenile is my debut as a full creator and my first work for the American market. I’m incredibly excited for readers to finally experience it!”

Juvenile will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, December 4:

Cover A by Orellana – Lunar Code 1024IM294
Cover B by Orellana “Black” – Lunar Code 1024IM295
Cover C 1:10 copy incentive by Maria Llovet – Lunar Code 1024IM296

Juvenile will also be available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play.